Product Management Job Trends

Product Management
UK

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs requiring Product Management skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 21 March 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
21 Mar 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 297 246 298
Rank change year-on-year -51 +52 -84
Permanent jobs citing Product Management 491 530 841
As % of all permanent jobs in the UK 0.65% 1.25% 0.98%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.83% 1.34% 1.13%
Number of salaries quoted 200 308 490
10th Percentile £45,000 £46,250 £42,500
25th Percentile £54,688 £56,250 £52,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £75,000 £70,000 £67,500
Median % change year-on-year +7.14% +3.70% -5.73%
75th Percentile £95,000 £85,000 £85,000
90th Percentile £125,500 £98,250 £112,575
UK excluding London median annual salary £63,076 £65,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year -2.96% +8.33% -5.88%

All Process & Methodology Skills
UK

Product Management falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 58,981 39,507 74,640
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the UK 77.68% 93.49% 87.04%
Number of salaries quoted 35,808 22,230 56,250
10th Percentile £29,750 £31,750 £29,079
25th Percentile £40,000 £43,887 £40,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £60,000 £55,000
Median % change year-on-year -8.33% +9.09% -11.29%
75th Percentile £77,500 £80,000 £73,750
90th Percentile £97,500 £102,410 £93,750
UK excluding London median annual salary £50,000 £55,000 £50,000
% change year-on-year -9.09% +10.00% -8.90%

Product Management
Job Vacancy Trend

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Product Management relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised.

Product Management job vacancy trend in the UK

Product Management
Salary Trend

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in the UK citing Product Management

Product Management
Salary Histogram

Salary distribution for jobs citing Product Management over the 6 months to 21 March 2026.

Salary histogram for Product Management in the UK

Product Management
Top 17 Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Product Management within the UK over the 6 months to 21 March 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
England -43 443 £75,000 +7.14% 225
London +40 256 £90,000 +22.03% 110
Work from Home +39 215 £75,000 +15.38% 103
UK excluding London -122 183 £63,076 -2.96% 134
North of England -50 53 £75,000 -3.23% 32
South East -88 41 £57,500 -11.54% 44
Midlands -40 36 £64,038 -1.48% 19
North West -19 33 £80,000 +1.59% 18
West Midlands -12 26 £60,288 -5.43% 11
East of England +6 21 £60,100 -12.58% 19
South West -55 19 £62,500 -3.29% 12
Yorkshire -33 18 £68,510 +110.80% 11
Northern Ireland -22 11 £75,000 +26.20% 1
East Midlands -57 10 £80,000 +12.28% 8
Wales -21 4 £61,001 +2.64% 5
Scotland -26 4 £55,000 +22.22% 7
North East -28 2 £63,076 -23.54% 3

Product Management
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 18 (3.67%) Confluence
2 11 (2.24%) Adobe Experience Manager
2 11 (2.24%) SharePoint
3 3 (0.61%) CMS
4 2 (0.41%) CICS
4 2 (0.41%) MTS
5 1 (0.20%) Drupal
5 1 (0.20%) Oracle Workflow
Applications
1 18 (3.67%) Adobe Creative Suite
1 18 (3.67%) Microsoft Excel
2 16 (3.26%) Microsoft PowerPoint
3 8 (1.63%) Microsoft Office
4 6 (1.22%) Microsoft Project
5 3 (0.61%) Trello
6 1 (0.20%) MS Visio
Business Applications
1 11 (2.24%) Payment Gateway
2 10 (2.04%) Workfront
3 5 (1.02%) NetSuite
4 3 (0.61%) Fidessa
4 3 (0.61%) Salesforce CRM
5 2 (0.41%) Dynamics CRM
6 1 (0.20%) Magento
6 1 (0.20%) Oracle SCM
6 1 (0.20%) Shopify
Cloud Services
1 61 (12.42%) SaaS
2 58 (11.81%) AWS
3 49 (9.98%) Azure
4 21 (4.28%) Power Platform
5 19 (3.87%) Pulumi
6 17 (3.46%) iPaaS
7 15 (3.05%) GCP
8 14 (2.85%) Azure DevOps
8 14 (2.85%) GitHub
9 10 (2.04%) GitHub Copilot
10 9 (1.83%) Microsoft 365
10 9 (1.83%) OneDrive
10 9 (1.83%) PaaS
11 8 (1.63%) H2O.ai
11 8 (1.63%) OpenShift
12 5 (1.02%) Asana
12 5 (1.02%) Snowflake
13 4 (0.81%) Collibra
13 4 (0.81%) Google Workspace
13 4 (0.81%) Miro
Communications & Networking
1 42 (8.55%) Broadband
2 11 (2.24%) HTTP
3 9 (1.83%) SD-WAN
4 8 (1.63%) WAN
5 6 (1.22%) LAN
5 6 (1.22%) RTP
6 5 (1.02%) Wi-Fi
7 4 (0.81%) Wireless
8 3 (0.61%) Multicast
8 3 (0.61%) NGN
9 2 (0.41%) 5G
9 2 (0.41%) Ethernet
9 2 (0.41%) Network Security
9 2 (0.41%) VPN
10 1 (0.20%) 4G
10 1 (0.20%) Bluetooth
10 1 (0.20%) Firewall
10 1 (0.20%) MPLS
10 1 (0.20%) VoIP
Database & Business Intelligence
1 31 (6.31%) Metadata
2 20 (4.07%) NoSQL
2 20 (4.07%) Power BI
2 20 (4.07%) RDBMS
2 20 (4.07%) Relational Database
3 9 (1.83%) Data Lake
4 7 (1.43%) Tableau
5 6 (1.22%) Data Mining
5 6 (1.22%) SAP BW
5 6 (1.22%) SQL Server
6 3 (0.61%) Data Warehouse
6 3 (0.61%) SAP HANA
7 2 (0.41%) Big Data
7 2 (0.41%) DB2
8 1 (0.20%) PostgreSQL
Development Applications
1 25 (5.09%) JIRA
2 19 (3.87%) Jaeger
3 3 (0.61%) ERwin
3 3 (0.61%) PowerDesigner
4 1 (0.20%) Bitbucket
4 1 (0.20%) Git
General
1 186 (37.88%) Finance
2 172 (35.03%) Social Skills
3 128 (26.07%) Marketing
4 86 (17.52%) Analytical Skills
5 65 (13.24%) Banking
6 63 (12.83%) Inclusion and Diversity
7 50 (10.18%) Retail
8 47 (9.57%) Law
9 39 (7.94%) Legal
10 37 (7.54%) Presentation Skills
11 35 (7.13%) Influencing Skills
12 30 (6.11%) Financial Institution
13 27 (5.50%) Back Office
14 24 (4.89%) Public Sector
15 21 (4.28%) Manufacturing
16 17 (3.46%) Digital Economy
17 16 (3.26%) Organisational Skills
18 11 (2.24%) Automotive
18 11 (2.24%) Electronics
18 11 (2.24%) Italian Language
Job Titles
1 135 (27.49%) Product Manager
2 71 (14.46%) Lead
3 64 (13.03%) Senior
4 39 (7.94%) Product Owner
5 35 (7.13%) Senior Manager
6 29 (5.91%) Senior Product Manager
7 19 (3.87%) Product Lead
8 17 (3.46%) Consultant
8 17 (3.46%) Digital Product Manager
9 16 (3.26%) Change Manager
9 16 (3.26%) Developer
10 14 (2.85%) Product Management Director
11 12 (2.44%) Data Manager
11 12 (2.44%) Development Engineer
11 12 (2.44%) Software Engineer
12 11 (2.24%) Business Consultant
12 11 (2.24%) Business Development Consultant
12 11 (2.24%) Cloud Engineer
12 11 (2.24%) Security Engineer
12 11 (2.24%) Software Development Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 19 (3.87%) Elastic Stack
1 19 (3.87%) OpenTelemetry
2 14 (2.85%) REST
3 9 (1.83%) YAML
4 8 (1.63%) Keras
4 8 (1.63%) PyTorch
4 8 (1.63%) TensorFlow
5 4 (0.81%) .NET
6 3 (0.61%) FIX Protocol
7 2 (0.41%) CSS
7 2 (0.41%) HTML
7 2 (0.41%) Next.js
7 2 (0.41%) Spring
7 2 (0.41%) Spring Boot
8 1 (0.20%) EDI
8 1 (0.20%) FastAPI
8 1 (0.20%) PySpark
8 1 (0.20%) SOAP
8 1 (0.20%) XML
8 1 (0.20%) XSLT
Miscellaneous
1 109 (22.20%) Product Ownership
2 34 (6.92%) Self-Motivation
3 33 (6.72%) Onboarding
4 28 (5.70%) Management Information System
4 28 (5.70%) Social Media
5 27 (5.50%) Cloud Native
6 18 (3.67%) Marketing Technology
7 17 (3.46%) Over-the-Top Content
8 12 (2.44%) Enterprise Software
8 12 (2.44%) Public Cloud
9 9 (1.83%) Security Posture
10 8 (1.63%) Analytical Mindset
10 8 (1.63%) Data Centre
11 7 (1.43%) Data Fabric
12 6 (1.22%) IoT
12 6 (1.22%) Mobile App
13 5 (1.02%) Driving Licence
13 5 (1.02%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
13 5 (1.02%) Podcast
13 5 (1.02%) Virtual Team
Operating Systems
1 23 (4.68%) Linux
2 19 (3.87%) Unix
3 6 (1.22%) Windows
4 2 (0.41%) zOS
5 1 (0.20%) Android
5 1 (0.20%) Apple iOS
Processes & Methodologies
1 269 (54.79%) Roadmaps
2 226 (46.03%) Agile
3 132 (26.88%) Product Roadmap
4 108 (22.00%) Continuous Improvement
5 105 (21.38%) Stakeholder Management
6 100 (20.37%) Product Strategy
7 99 (20.16%) Problem-Solving
8 95 (19.35%) AI
9 92 (18.74%) Mentoring
10 88 (17.92%) Product Vision
11 77 (15.68%) Decision-Making
12 76 (15.48%) Analytics
13 69 (14.05%) User Experience
14 64 (13.03%) User Stories
15 63 (12.83%) Business Development
16 61 (12.42%) Coaching
17 57 (11.61%) Customer Experience
17 57 (11.61%) Information Security
18 56 (11.41%) Project Management
19 52 (10.59%) Software Engineering
Programming Languages
1 43 (8.76%) Python
2 35 (7.13%) Java
3 27 (5.50%) SQL
4 25 (5.09%) JavaScript
5 20 (4.07%) Go
6 19 (3.87%) Bash
7 9 (1.83%) PowerShell
8 4 (0.81%) Bicep
8 4 (0.81%) C#
9 2 (0.41%) COBOL
9 2 (0.41%) JCL
9 2 (0.41%) PHP
9 2 (0.41%) PL/SQL
10 1 (0.20%) MATLAB
10 1 (0.20%) R
10 1 (0.20%) TypeScript
Qualifications
1 91 (18.53%) Degree
2 36 (7.33%) Master's Degree
3 29 (5.91%) Computer Science Degree
4 23 (4.68%) Security Cleared
5 20 (4.07%) AWS Certification
6 14 (2.85%) SC Cleared
7 7 (1.43%) DBS Check
7 7 (1.43%) PMI Certification
7 7 (1.43%) PMP
8 6 (1.22%) DV Cleared
9 5 (1.02%) MBA
10 3 (0.61%) HNC
10 3 (0.61%) SAP Certification
11 2 (0.41%) Azure Certification
11 2 (0.41%) BPSS Clearance
11 2 (0.41%) CBAP
11 2 (0.41%) CCNA
11 2 (0.41%) CISSP
11 2 (0.41%) CSPO
11 2 (0.41%) IIBA
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 23 (4.68%) QA
2 13 (2.65%) Data Quality
3 12 (2.44%) ISO/IEC 27001
4 10 (2.04%) Accessibility
4 10 (2.04%) NCSC
5 9 (1.83%) NIST
6 6 (1.22%) GDPR
7 5 (1.02%) IFRS
7 5 (1.02%) PMO
8 4 (0.81%) ISO 20022
8 4 (0.81%) SLA
9 2 (0.41%) COREP
9 2 (0.41%) FINREP
9 2 (0.41%) PERC
10 1 (0.20%) Cyber Essentials
10 1 (0.20%) GRC
10 1 (0.20%) ISO 8583
10 1 (0.20%) PSD2
10 1 (0.20%) Sarbanes-Oxley
10 1 (0.20%) SEPA
System Software
1 23 (4.68%) Docker
2 2 (0.41%) RACF
3 1 (0.20%) Firmware
3 1 (0.20%) VMware Infrastructure
3 1 (0.20%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 27 (5.50%) Terraform
2 23 (4.68%) Kubernetes
3 19 (3.87%) Ansible
3 19 (3.87%) Argo
3 19 (3.87%) Kustomize
3 19 (3.87%) Prometheus
4 2 (0.41%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
5 1 (0.20%) FortiGate
5 1 (0.20%) RSA Archer
Vendors
1 47 (9.57%) Microsoft
2 34 (6.92%) Google
3 25 (5.09%) Adobe
4 15 (3.05%) Salesforce
5 9 (1.83%) Oracle
6 8 (1.63%) Databricks
6 8 (1.63%) Dell
6 8 (1.63%) NVIDIA
7 7 (1.43%) SAP
8 6 (1.22%) Foundry
9 4 (0.81%) Sage
9 4 (0.81%) Toshiba
9 4 (0.81%) YouTube
10 3 (0.61%) Apple
10 3 (0.61%) Bloomberg
10 3 (0.61%) CQG
10 3 (0.61%) ION Trading
10 3 (0.61%) Patsystems
10 3 (0.61%) Reuters
10 3 (0.61%) Trayport